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Ricardo Rincón

Ricardo (Espinoza) Rincon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 13, 1970 in Cuitlahuac, Veracruz, Mexico
High School: Veracruz (Veracruz, MX)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1997
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Pirates/Mets/Cardinals 1997-2008
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]Agents: Dave Stewart [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1990 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1991 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1992 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1993 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1994 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1995 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1996 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1997 27 PIT NL 62 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1998 28 PIT NL 60 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1999 29 CLE AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 30 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 31 CLE AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 32 TOT AL 71 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 32 CLE AL 46 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 32 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 33 OAK AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 34 OAK AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 35 OAK AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 36 STL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 38 NYM NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 565 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (4 yrs) 223 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (4 yrs) 207 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 122 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 430 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 135 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1997 27 PIT NL 62 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $150,000 1
1998 28 PIT NL 60 2 -1 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $245,000 1
1999 29 CLE AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $450,000 1
2000 30 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 1
2001 31 CLE AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,500,000 1
2002 32 CLE AL 46 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,500,000 1
2002 32 OAK AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2003 33 OAK AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,700,000 1
2004 34 OAK AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,750,000 1
2005 35 OAK AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,900,000 1
2006 36 STL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,200,000 /1
2008 38 NYM NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
11 Seasons 565 5 -2 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.3 -1 $11,395,000
OAK (4 yrs) 223 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $5,350,000
CLE (4 yrs) 207 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $4,450,000
PIT (2 yrs) 122 4 -1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $395,000
NYM (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
STL (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,200,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1997 27 PIT NL 2 2 0 0.0 111 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .430 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1998 28 PIT NL 2 3 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .271 .000 .342 .000 .428 .000 .770 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2002 32 TOT AL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .261 .000 .328 .000 .420 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2002 32 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .261 .000 .328 .000 .420 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 5 6 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .269 .000 .340 .000 .426 .000 .766 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 1 2 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .269 .000 .340 .000 .426 .000 .766 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
PIT (2 yrs) 4 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .343 .000 .429 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
CLE (4 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .261 .000 .328 .000 .420 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (7 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .261 .000 .328 .000 .420 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (4 yrs) 4 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .343 .000 .429 .000 .772 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 29 CLE AL ALDS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 31 CLE AL ALDS SEA L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 32 OAK AL ALDS MIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 33 OAK AL ALDS BOS L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ALDS 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1997 27 PIT NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0% 0%
1998 28 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 2.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
2002 32 TOT AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2002 32 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
11 Yrs 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 2.00 4.00 60% 0% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.9% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 1.93 5.3 31.9 7.5 0.79 1.08 70% 21% 8.0% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 27 PIT NL -0.3 -0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .14 -0.1 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.47 -0.5 0
1998 28 PIT NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.09 -0.8 0
1999 29 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 30 CLE AL 0.0 0.0
2001 31 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 32 TOT AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .30 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.89 -0.6 0
2002 32 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .30 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.89 -0.6 0
2002 32 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
2003 33 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 34 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 35 OAK AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 36 STL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 38 NYM NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -1.2 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .13 -0.2 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 1.20 -1.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1997 27 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 28 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 32 TOT AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 32 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1997 27 PIT NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 28 PIT NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 32 TOT AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2002 32 CLE AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
11 Yrs 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 70% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1997 27 PIT NL 2 7 3.50 4 57% 75% 0% 0% 25% 25% 0% 14% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1998 28 PIT NL 2 13 6.50 8 62% 13% 13% 50% 25% 88% 0% 54% 86% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 32 TOT AL 1 2 2.00 1 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 32 CLE AL 1 2 2.00 1 50% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 5 22 4.40 13 59% 31% 8% 31% 31% 69% 0% 41% 89% 20% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.74 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 27 62 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1998 28 122 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
1999 29 181 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2000 30 216 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2001 31 283 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2002 32 354 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2003 33 418 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2004 34 485 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2005 35 552 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2006 36 557 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2007 37 557 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
2008 38 565 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 27 62 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 62
1998 28 60 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 60
2002 32 71 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 71
3 Yrs 193 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 193
162 Game Avg. 162 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 193

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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